Global Bluetooth mobile phone sales could rise by 65 per cent year-on-year in 2006 as the technology gains popularity, mobile handset maker Nokia said today.
"The Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone market grew to 133 million units in 2005 and we expect it to grow to 220 million units in 2006," Razvan Olosu, vice president of mobile enhancements at Nokia, said in a statement.
Nokia said last month it expected global handset sales to grow more than 10 per cent in 2006 from around 780 million units last year.
Bluetooth is a technology used to transmit information between devices such as computers, mobile phones and accessories like headsets.